Where does “näyttämöpuku” come from?
näyttämöpuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyttämö, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
näyttämöpuku (Finnish): stage costume
Ancestry of “näyttämöpuku”, step by step
näyttämöpuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näyttämö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyttämö | stage, scene |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish puku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puku | suit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers |
| 2 | Zulu | mpuku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *pʊ́kʊ̀ | rat, mouse |